WikiProject AI Cleanup
A project initiated by Wikipedia volunteers to identify and remove AI-generated content that violates Wikipedia policy, maintaining the encyclopedia's human-written standard.
Timeline (last 90 days)
In late 2023, several Wikipedia editors noticed a batch of entries with ChatGPT-style writing characteristics on Discord and subsequently launched the WikiProject AI Cleanup project.
The goal of WikiProject AI Cleanup is to find and remove AI-generated content that violates Wikipedia policies.
Ellia Lebleu is one of the founding members of WikiProject AI Cleanup and is currently pursuing an AI PhD at the Inria Rennes research center near Toulouse.
One editor in WikiProject AI Cleanup developed an AI source verification tool that checks item by item whether the citations on a page match the claims.
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The goal of WikiProject AI Cleanup is to find and remove AI-generated content that violates Wikipedia policies.
50%UnverifiedEllia Lebleu is one of the founding members of WikiProject AI Cleanup and is currently pursuing an AI PhD at the Inria Rennes research center near Toulouse.
50%UnverifiedOne editor in WikiProject AI Cleanup developed an AI source verification tool that checks item by item whether the citations on a page match the claims.
50%UnverifiedIn late 2023, several Wikipedia editors noticed a batch of entries with ChatGPT-style writing characteristics on Discord and subsequently launched the WikiProject AI Cleanup project.
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